that made it almost illegal for the obama administration to actually engaged in diplomacy with iran. instead of standing up and saying the american people did not vote for a candidate who wanted to and diplomacy, they voted for a candidate that wanted to put diplomacy first and i want to do that and not allow congressional hijacking to go on. that is what we did not see. by taking that argument to the american people, that president obama could have fought back in a different way against those pressures from congress, from the republican party, etc. tavis: with regard to romney, it this comes up in the debate -- if this comes up in the debate, mr. obama might be wise to raise this. i can think of 251-liners that would work rather well -- i can think of 21-one-liners that would work rather well. you can see the one-liners of when ronnie went overseas. how might mr. romney respond to the perception at least that he is just not ready for prime time when it comes to being the leader of the free world? >> i am very worried about not only the debate, but the way the coverage, the press cov